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E4 '22 Vocab 1-80

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word that best captures the mood in the image.

a)

effrontery

b)

mirth

c)

prowess

d)

harbinger

e)

anarchy

2.

Unoka is known for being _________ and spending money whenever he earns it.

a)

profligate

b)

callow

c)

folly

d)

elusive

3.

(adj): inexperienced, immature, and naive

a)

incipient

b)

effrontery

c)

callow

d)

indecorous

4.
The women of Umuofia sent up a cry of __________ at the funeral of Ezeudu.
a)
Calamity
b)
Histrionic
c)
Lamentation
d)
Tumult
e)
Harbinger
5.

(v): to stimulate or provoke irritation or interest

a)

alienate

b)

prosper

c)

rebuke

d)

pique

6.

Check all of the members of Okonkwo's family in the list below.

a)
Ekwefi
b)
Chielo
c)
Nwoye
d)
Ezeudu
e)
Nwakibie
7.
Which is the best synonym for indecorous?
a)
undecorated
b)
improper
c)
applicable
d)
unfair
8.
Okonkwo has a benign reaction to Nwoye's conversion.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
An antonym to vacillate is
a)
decide
b)
expel
c)
divert
d)
waffle
10.
If yam growing is Okonkwo's forte, he is
a)
strong
b)
loud
c)
good at it
d)
a yam himself
11.

The title Things Fall Apart uses which literary devices?

a)
epigraph
b)
allusion
c)
symbolism
d)
foreshadowing
e)
characterization
12.
All of the following are synonyms for capricious except
a)
random
b)
impulsive
c)
whimsical
d)
thoughtful
e)
unpredictable
13.
Someone who breaks the law might be known as a...
a)
misanthrope
b)
gyre
c)
miscreant
d)
harbinger
14.

Spell the adjective that means causing public shame and disgrace. (as in Okonkwo's (a)   exile undermined all the work he had done.)

15.
The character Roz in Monsters, Inc. is portrayed as a paperwork-hounding ___________ who has her "eye" on Mike Wazowski.
a)
gorgon
b)
miscreant
c)
misanthrope
d)
histrionic
16.
The church was pleased with those who blasphemed their religion.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
The best synonym for disingenuous is
a)
truthful
b)
cruel
c)
unintelligent
d)
deceitful
18.
Get him on the subject of music or clothes and he becomes __________ and enthusiastic.<br />The Guardian, Apr 12, 2017<br />
a)
ignominious
b)
indecorous
c)
capricious
d)
voluble
e)
profligate
19.
Overall public ___________ of his presidency remained steady at a positive level, around 75%.
a)
equanimity
b)
approbation
c)
lamentation
d)
effrontery
20.
Which two words are close synonyms?
a)
rebuke
b)
approbation
c)
histrionic
d)
effusive
e)
censure
21.
I knew she would be appreciative of the gift, but I was surprised at how ________ she was, thanking me over and over.
a)
effusive
b)
callow
c)
shrill
d)
benevolently
22.
Though he had great musical_________, he was not imperious to younger musicians.
a)
folly
b)
audacity
c)
prowess
d)
rebuke
23.
Voluble is a synonym of all of the following except
a)
talkative
b)
loquacious
c)
wordy
d)
muted
24.
What Okonkwo did to Ikemefuna was _____________. Nwoye never got over it.
a)
ominous
b)
insuperable
c)
audacity
d)
profligate
25.
When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more __________ and complex. —Blink
a)
irrevocable
b)
benign
c)
superfluous
d)
effusive
e)
esoteric
26.
Egg mayonnaise: the king of simple sandwiches, or a malodorous _________ best avoided at the buffet?<br />—The Guardian, Sep 16, 2015<br />
a)
audacity
b)
lax
c)
abomination
d)
scrupulous
e)
irrevocable
27.
Even after he apologized, they continued to ________ him, which made being on the team unbearable.
a)
desecrate
b)
mystify
c)
rebuke
d)
ostracize
28.

Write the vocabulary word that best describes the action here.

(a)  

29.

The demand for delivery services ________ during lockdown as people couldn't count on going out to their local businesses.

a)

demoralized

b)

declined

c)

proliferated

d)

feigned

30.

Kim Kardashian flashed her ring (a)   after she got engaged.

31.

Prosper means to...

a)

mutilate

b)

thrive

c)

elaborate

d)

celebrate

32.

Which of the following are generally done benevolently?

a)

taking one end of a stroller up the subway stairs for a parent

b)

running into class quickly to get the seat you like

c)

listening to someone's sad story

d)

smiling to support a classmate presenting

e)

taking the bathroom pass when you leave

33.

Joining the church _______ Nwoye from his family. Other members of the community seem able to reconcile Christianity, but not Okonkwo's.

a)

ostracizes

b)

censures

c)

alienates

d)

cajoles

34.

Which of the following could be seen as a synonym for tumult in a particular moment?

a)

glower

b)

equanimity

c)

mirth

d)

anarchy

35.

You can't have enough knowledge; it can never be __________.

a)

esoteric

b)

superfluous

c)

voluble

d)

effusive

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